Question

difference between saprophytic and holozoic digestion

Answer 1

Non-green plants show saprophytic nutrition whereas most animals show holozoic nutrition.
Holozoic organisms do not feed on decaying matter whereas saprophytes feed on decaying matter.
Holozoic organisms cannot digest their food outside the body which is possible in case of saprophytes.
Examples of organisms showing saprophytic nutrition are mushrooms and bread moulds. Examples of organisms showing holozoic nutrition are human beings, insects and monkeys .

Answer 2

Saprophytic nutrition is usually displayed by bacteria and fungi living in moist environments. They decompose organic dead and decaying matter by extracellular digestion, which is the secretion of digestive juices that break down matter around them. In the case of fungi, we find that most are multicellular saprophytes.

Absorption: The active and passive transport of the chemical products of digestion out of the food-containing compartment and into the body or cytoplasm.Assimilation: Utilization of the absorbed molecules for various metabolic processes. Egestion: The expulsion of undigested material, commonly called defecating.